Joseph Benedict CRABBE

Regimental number25/168
Date of birth17 October 1891
Place of birthEssex, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationContractor
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 9.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFriend, Mrs R S McCaulay, Rosewood, Elsthorpe, Hawke's Bay
Previous military serviceServed for 2.5 years in the 7th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 17 April 1916
Place of burialMazargues War Cemetery, (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 27), Marseilles, France
Other details

War service: Egypt, France

Embarked Wellington, 5 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 13 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Marseilles, 17 April 1916 (appendicitis).

Died of peritonitis and appendicitis, 17 April 1916.

War service: 189 days (of which 72 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 6
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21898472

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